Store-service apparatus.



No. MUJJQQ. Pa'mnted Oct. 23, I900. E. C. GIPE. STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

(Application filed Feb. 28, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TI-IREE-FOURTHS TO FELIX J. GRIFFEN, OF SAME PLACE, HENRY GLOS, OF ELMHURST, ILLINOIS, AND GEORGE W. TASSELL, OF IVAUKESHA, WISCONSIN.

STORE SERWCE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,099, dated October 23, 1900. Application filed February 26, 1900- $erial No. 6,521. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMANUEL C. GIPE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts.

My invention relates to store-service apparatus; and its object is to provide a simple and effectual means for retarding and stoppin the carrier at the end of the way as it is sent back and forth thereon.

Said invention consists in forming upon or attaching to the end of the usual wire constituting the way a suitable diametrical enlargement, preferably of a length somewhat longer than that of the car, and in combining with the carrying wheel or wheels 2. yielding or elastic brake or friction wheel adapted to engage with said enlargement at the end of the way, and as a result of the elastic yielding action of said wheel to cause a retardation of the speed of the car, resulting in stopping the same without causing an excessive impact, substantially as and for the purpose hereinaftermore particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a car and way embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken upon the line 3 3, Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow there shown, the way being omitted. Fig. 4 is a like view showing the relative position of the wheels upon the enlarged portion of the way. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a friction-wheel embodying the features of my improvement. Fig. 6 is a side View showing a modified form of carrier. Fig. 7 is a side view of a friction-wheel, partly broken away, showing a modification of said invention. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view thereof, and Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional View in detail of the wireway and the enlargement thereon.

Referring to the drawings, (6 represents the usual wireway,which is secured at the respective ends in any well-known manner, While 21 represents a tube located at the end of the way and through which said wire is inserted, said tube being tapered, as shown'at 0, so that the end is substantially flush with the wire.

Mounted upon the wireway is a car d, Fig. 1, having the usual cash-receptacle 6 upon one end of the frame, while upon the other end, beneath the wire, is placed a wheelf, and above the way is located a carrying-wheel g. Secured within the frame in the rear of the carrying-wheel and beneath the wireway is a brake-wheel h, which is constructed as follows: Mounted upon a short tube 2', having a flange at one end, as shown, is a disk j, which abuts against the flange upon the end of the tube. Anannularmemberorfilling7c,ofindiarubber or other elastic material, is mounted upon the tube 2', which is in turn surrounded by a grooved ring or rim Z. These members are secured in place by means of a disk m, similar to the diskj, which in turn is mounted upon a tubular bushing or, having a flange 0 upon the outer end. The tube n is inserted within the tube 1.. The tube 91. is mounted upon apin p, which is in turn rigidly secured within the frame (Z. It will thus be seen that the body 7; of the wheel which supports the rim Z is elastic, so that when pressure is applied to the rim the latter serves to compress the elastic body and to assume a position eccentric to the axis of the wheel, the flanges j m serving to permit said yielding movement, while affording lateral support to the rim. The axis of the wheel his so placed that when the car is running upon the wire a the rim Z is not in contact with said wire; but when the car runs upon and the wheels engage with 0 the enlarged portion Z) at the end of the way there is not sutficient room to permit said onlarged portion to be received between the upper and lower wheels without depressing the rim Zof the wheel h in the manner described. Thus in Fig. 3 it will be seen that the opening shown between the wheels 9 h for the reception of the wireway differs in contour from that shown in Fig. a, in which the tube Z) is shown in position between the wheels. I00

While this depression of the rim is comparatively small, it is sufficient to act as a brake and serves to retard the movement of the car, which runs with the utmost freedom upon the wire a; but as soon as it reaches the part 1) its speed is gradually retarded until the car is stopped at the end of the Way, thus avoiding the usual concussion and rebound so objectionable in the operation of cash-cars.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification of my invention in which the car is represented as being mounted upon the usual carryingwheels g g, located at the respective ends.

above the wire, while the elastic brake-wheel is placed midway between them below the wire. I have also shown in Figs. 7 and 8 a series of coiled springs r, placed radially between the axis and the rim Z, so that a pressure upon the peripheryof the rim will cause said springs to yield substantially in the same manner as the rubber filling 70. I prefer, however, to use a filling of rubber or other similar elastic material. The use of metal or suitable wearing-surface in the rim acts as a shield to the elastic material and prevents it from being worn, while it also insures a more uniform retardation of the car.

Having thus described my invention, I clairn- 1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination with a wireway having a portion thereof diametrically enlarged at and from the end, of a car having suitable carryingwheels, a brake-Wheel having a rim or tread movable eccentrically to its axis, and a yielding or elastic support for normally retaining said rim concentric to its axis, substantially as described.

7 2., The combination of a car having suitable carrying-wheels, awireway the diameter of which is enlarged fora short distance fromthe end, and a brake-wheel having a movable rim or tread and a yielding resilient support or member interposed between said rim and its axis, said rim being adjusted to engage said diametrically-enlarged portion of said wireway, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a car of the class described and a ,Way having an enlarged diameter extending a short distance from its .end, of a brake or retarding wheel consisting of parallel side supports mounted upon asuit- 'able bearing, a ring placed loosely between said supports, and a yielding elastic material arranged in the plane of said ring and interposed between the same andthe axis of said wheel, whereby said ring may be held normally concentric with said axis while being free to yield eccentrically thereto when pressure is placed thereon, substantially as described.

4:. The combination of the wireway a and the enlarged portion b, of a car having Wheels adapted to run upon said way and a brakewheel consisting of a ring of suitable material mounted upon a yielding elastic member interposed between it and its axis, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,this 21st day of February, 1900.

EMANUEL G. GIPE.

' Witnesses:

D. H. FLETCHER, W. H. YALDING. 

